Jade Novah - Strange Fruit Lyrics






Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop





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  1. L.... W....

    A very haunting rendition of the song. Lest we forget humans can be so cruel to one another.

  2. T.... ....

    Very touching interpretation.

  3. S.... A....

    Let me make show I didn't miss no videos💘💋💕💗

  4. E.... N....

    Tears are falling, my soul hurt for my people, the horrendous evil that was inflicted on them for 400 years that continues to date. There is no room left in hell for those evil perpetrators.

    E.... N....

    Plenty Room for those Devils ! Dispatch them poste haste !

  5. l.... m....

    U R …..too many, too much, it hurts, too many times and why so much, still. I have been listening to different voices sings this painful song. But, your version as your generation, sadly is still asking why...how and when will it stop?

  6. M.... F....

    This is magnificent ❤️

  7. T.... ....

    And the post racialist wonder why ?.............. Black Love Rules !

  8. E.... P....

    That was beautiful! Thanks Jade!

  9. C.... ....

    You are so incredibly talented

  10. C.... 2....

    You have such a beautiful voice 💕 I got goosebumps listening to this, the song is so tragic but it is so hauntingly beautiful.

  11. M.... I....

    By far, the best rendition of this song ever made.

  12. H.... M....

    This was haunting. Amazing job!

  13. C.... W....

    This is why i dont give a damm about most folks' opinion how can 30 folks dislike this

  14. M.... M....

    An amazing interpretation from a stellar singer!

  15. A.... K....

    The run at 0:45 was subtle but very impacting, my favorite part of this entire video hands down. The rest of the video gave me chills as well but this particular part just put the icing on the cake

  16. M.... T....

    Dayumn. Good fucking job.
    This touches the core. Its time we started to learn to get along.I regret the actions of my ancestors, and wonder how people could be so blind.

  17. V.... W....

    Sooo this was emoted perfectly and i got the message... pat on the back, this was better than andra day and I love her.😉

  18. Y.... S....

    cant stop listening to you-love from ISRAEL

  19. O.... M....

    this made me cry u can sing anything girl!! ugh i loved it it ws beautiful!!

  20. J.... ....

    I've heard many people and races sing this song, i have always noticed when other races sing it, it's a great dept that's missing. Almost like there's no soul or essence in it. Which i perfectly understand now.. No one can sing this with the dept, and soul wrenching despair and power as so called African Americans.. Very well done Ms Jade Noah

  21. B.... W....

    Wow so dope

  22. M.... V....

    This beauty girl of color is being allowed to sing this heart felt song of racism killings after Mlk secured freedom of expression in the u.s.! Love this song and her! No one should be victim due their skin color or anything else!!!!

  23. S.... E....

    Trayvon Martin ❤

  24. T.... N....

    Black history month I’m here.

  25. K.... I....

    The song puts a lump in my throat every time I hear it 🤦🏽‍♀️ she sings it beautifully though👏🏽

  26. R.... B....

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  27. z.... ....

    Do a metal cover for this song.

  28. X.... W....

    I got real goosebumps listening to this. I'm studying the Civil Rights Movement in Modern History and our homework is to listen to this song. Such sad, terrible history. It makes me sick to the core that anyone experienced this. Especially because it's still recent in our history...

  29. Y.... ....

    So sad I got goosebumps you did a fantastic job.

  30. J.... H....

    OMG Jade this was deep and very emotional. Thank you for what you do

  31. L.... P....

    This is a classic. Billy Holiday and many others have done a rendition of this song. Jade Novah thank you for another outstanding heart felt rendition. Powerful. It's hard to fathom that my people were hung and burned just because of the color of our skin. I think black history should be a year-round event not just one month. But it is our responsibility as black adults especially parents to teach the Young Generation our history

  32. W.... ....

    After this i couldnt sleep last night i was scared

  33. W.... ....

    I learned about this song and this really scared me its so beautiful but scary

  34. V.... D....

    Canta muito.

  35. N.... S....

    What whole tone scale do you use when you do the fall at “for the leaves?”

  36. D.... A....

    Omg ı get emotional 😔You're singing incredible ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  37. H.... M....

    No one will EVER sing this as good as jade ! 🔥

  38. J.... G....

    She sound like Sade

  39. J.... G....

    She sound like Sada

  40. A.... C....

    This is beautiful x

  41. J.... V....

    Wow..... 😔😔😔

  42. C.... J....

    A star is born not unto the stage but to the people. She is amazing and the charts will not make her #1. Her destiny and the journey that brought her here to YouTube makes her #1 amongst many. MUCH LOVE too you!!!!!

  43. R.... ....

    This is awesome!

  44. T.... W....

    Touching 😇

  45. A.... F....

    ur voice omg gave me the chills

  46. A.... B....

    I'm very White, but I felt the pain and truth in those lyrics

  47. U.... S....

    That's some song to take on and you certainly managed to portray it and its theme in a way that gets through.Powerful rendition.

  48. K.... B....

    This is my most favorite version of this beautiful sad song

  49. S.... F....

    When she showed the picture of Trayvon Martin...It just hit me😭 Well done Jade💓

  50. c.... f....

    IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE!!! !!! !! !!! YOU SEEM TO BE SUCH A SWEETHEART. AND WHAT A FANTASTIC VOICE :) MUCH LOVE FROM ME

  51. S.... l....

    So beautiful

  52. B.... R....

    This woman...what can't she do?

  53. T.... J....

    Bravo Queen

  54. D.... D....

    Brilliant ❤

  55. A.... G....

    u have abeautiful voice and im glad you got to be on a song with joyner lucas!

  56. A.... ....

    Did this so well

  57. G.... K....

    🔥🔥🔥

  58. M.... W....

    Chilled me to my core...and bought a lump in my throat..then the tears 😢😢😢. Thank you! 😍

  59. L.... M....

    thats so honest and beautiful

  60. O.... T....

    Gives me chills

  61. s.... ....

    Shiiiverrsss!!!!

  62. B.... N....

    Amazing cover! but decades before The great Nina Simone sang it, It was Billie Holiday who made it popular.

  63. T.... D....

    It’s a great cover. But it’s not by herks it’s a Billie Holiday song.

    T.... D....

    TèMyra Davis it was actually a poem written by a Jewish man

  64. k.... h....

    No words can explain how I feel about this about you omg your underrated like my heart hurts a little but at the same time I wanna cry just because you and this cover sound so beautiful...wow

  65. S.... A....

    Wowwwww ... You are everything!

  66. K.... ....

    The same chills I get from hearing Billie Holiday sing this song are the same chills I get from you singing it. That first time I heard this song it meant something to me, but every time I hear it, it means more and more.

  67. L.... ....

    So so talented! You kind of looked like a black version of Jessica Lowndes in this vid.

  68. M.... H....

    You're are very talented! Beautiful voice and your are hilarious :-). use your God given talent to uplift and for HIM. God bless you and yours!

  69. J.... S....

    Damn Jade this was moving

  70. L.... g....

    the only time ive ever cried listening to song

  71. T.... A....

    Wow!... this got me teary eyed

  72. C.... B....

    WOW...WOW...WOW. YOU my dear are a GODESS...😍😘😍

  73. B.... D....

    This made me cry..

  74. L.... R....

    Wow. Is all I can say. 👌🏽👏🏿👏🏿

  75. V.... O....

    Hauntingly beautiful

  76. A.... C....

    Amazing !

  77. C.... J....

    This was phenomenal. I put this next to Nina Simone and billy holiday's versions

  78. T.... J....

    This is so beautiful jade enjoyed every minute!

  79. c.... ....

    You are really so underrated

  80. l.... ....

    the things they did to our people 😪 so beautiful jade

  81. k.... B....

    This happened. I can't imagine it. How can any human being do this to another? Strange fruit? No. Humans burnt to death because of the colour of their skin. It's unimaginable and sick. I cry at the sheer horror of it all. The song is beautiful, the message is poignant and true. Let us hope. It never happens again.

    k.... B....

    karen Burn it has happened recently. some kids did it to a black boy in the states a while back. you should google it x

    k.... B....

    It happens still when unarmed black boys are running from the law ppl who are suppose to protect them they are gunned down and they aren’t held Responsible. Same thing different ways.

    k.... B....

    Its happening now

  82. V.... X....

    Beautiful.

  83. k.... k....

    Beautiful

  84. E.... R....

    Voice of the century😍😱
    Beyond greatness..❤

  85. K.... K....

    Waaa I want my mama

  86. D.... L....

    Absolutely beautiful.

  87. J.... D....

    amazing, you did them proud!  keep it up. x

  88. Z.... T....

    OMG water to my eyes.....

  89. M.... N....

    It's so good but it not better than Billie Holiday!

  90. R.... M....

    Just ad haunting as Dianna Ross or Annie Lennox! One of my favorite songs since infancy...thanks for doing it justice!!

  91. R.... T....

    This song is such a powerful song and you did it justice!!

  92. n.... r....

    beautiful

  93. D.... o....

    beautiful!!!!!

  94. S.... L....

    Wow.....

  95. c.... k....

    very powerful! beautiful!

  96. M.... H....

    I’m blown away by your conviction to this song, I feel the pain the words convey by you vocal mastery👏🏾👏🏾